Century eye first lick observatorys sky

Description:Their community was both constant and constantly transformed, shaped by workers famous and unknown who made it their home. Related Books About the Book The world's first mountain-top observatory and America's first big-science research center, Lick Observatory exemplifies astronomy's dramatic development in the past century. The authors also explain in terms anyone can understand the laboratory advances that were adapted to telescopes to make them more powerful, and the conceptual breakthroughs that discoveries at the telescope helped bring about. Their community was both constant and constantly transformed, shaped by workers famous and unknown who made it their home. Since its dedication in , Lick Observatory has been the site of many of the most important discoveries in astronomy. Eye on the Sky presents Lick Observatory from the point of view of the people who breathed life into its giant telescopes.

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